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Exploring All Things Work: Thousands of HR and Business Leaders to Gather for SHRM Annual Conference

Creating better workplaces is the theme, as SHRM hosts discussions about healthy organizational culture and other top work issues

April 24, 2019

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — With a theme of “Creating Better Workplaces,” the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition will explore the elements of a healthy workplace culture, among other significant workplace topics, as more than 18,000 HR professionals and business leaders from around the globe gather in June in Las Vegas.

His concurrent session is one of a number of presentations on culture, and keynote speaker Brené Brown, author and researcher, will answer the question: How do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

In an exciting new feature, SHRM will launch an immersive experience for attendees, aimed at sparking conversations to positively shape workplace culture.

DETAILS: Journalists who attend will leave Las Vegas with story ideas and resources, as the conference will feature key trends, emerging issues, new research and sources on work and workplace issues. More than 700 companies will be represented in the exposition hall.

PRESS EVENTS:

• SHRM President and CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, will speak about the groups of people excluded from today’s job market and other workplace issues at a press briefing.

• SHRM experts who serve as media sources on topics from paid leave to pet insurance to performance reviews, will be available at a media lunch on Tuesday, June 25.

• Findings from the 2019 SHRM Employee Benefits Survey and the External Workers Survey, a new survey on contingent and gig workers conduced with SAP, will be released at two press briefings.

ACCESS TO CONCURRENT SESSION SPEAKERS: The conference features more than 200 sessions and a host of TED Talk-style presentations on the Smart Stage. Most concurrent session speakers are available for media interviews. Covering talent, technology, leadership, compensation and workplace law, sessions include:

• “Leadership and Culture Lessons from the Ups and Downs at Starbucks”;

SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, creates better workplaces where employers and employees thrive together. As the voice of all things work, workers and the workplace, SHRM is the foremost expert, convener and thought leader on issues impacting today's evolving workplaces. With 300,000+ HR and business executive members in 165 countries, SHRM impacts the lives of more than 115 million workers and families globally. Learn more at SHRM.org and on Twitter @SHRM.